Tie bar



Feb. 23, 1943. T, w, DEUSC I 2,312,081"

- "IIE BAR 7' 7 Filed Aug. 26, 1941 Patented Feb. 23, 1943 UNlTED. STATES PATENT OFFICE TIE BAR Theodore W. Deusch, Magnolia, N. J.

Application August 26, 1941, Serial No. 408,285

6 Claims.

My invention relates to collar bars and to the associated means by which the collar bars are supported and retained.

One of the purposes of my invention is to prevent a collar bar from becoming displaced or from slipping out of a four-in-hand necktie knot by which initially it is held.

A further purpose is to use a four-in-hand necktie to hold a collar bar in position.

A further purpose is to determine the position of the collar bar by the slope or slant of the knot of a tie by which the collar bar is sustained.

A further purpose is to grip a collar bar holder between the outside transverse space of a tie and the adjoining downwardly extending stretch.

Further purposes will appear in the specification and in the claims.

I prefer to illustrate my invention by several forms only, selecting forms which are practical and effective, reliable and inexpensive and which at the same time will illustrate the principles involved.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a necktie and wearer showing the placing of the collar bar with respect to the wearers collar and necktie.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of one desirable form of collar bar.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the collar bar of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the collar bar of Figures 13.

Figure 5 is a perspective of the collar bar seen in Figures 2, 3 and 4.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective generally following Figure 5 but showing the tab as having an open center.

Figure 6 is a perspective enlarged view showing my collar bar in position on a necktie, the necktie being shown by dot-and-dash lines.

Figure 7 is a longitudinal section through the knot of a tied necktie with the collar bar sectioned in place and using a familiar form of single tie necktie knot.

Figures 8 and 9 are perspective views of alternative forms in which the parts are constructed of wire.

In the drawing similar numerals indicate like parts.

In Figure 1 the turn-down collar I is shown with the collar bar II in position pressing inwardly against the outer parts of the points l2 and 13 of the collar. The necktie knot l4 lies outside of the transverse bar parts I and I6 which comprise the bar as distinguished from the retaining mechanism for it.

The so-called collar bar in addition to the bar parts I5 and [6 includes the upwardly and forwardly curved loop H, a downwardly and forwardly extending tab l8 and a lug or projection l9 impinging within the lower rear surface of the knot. The projection assists in retaining the bar in its initial position and in pressing against the knot to prevent the knot from slipping.

The downwardly and inwardly sloping sides of the normal four-in-hand necktie knot are well known, and appear in Figure 1. The knot slopes in this way Whether it be a so-called Single knot or double knot.

As best seen in Figure 6 the path of the wider end 20 of the tie in the final knot-tying operation concludes with a transverse face span 2| forming the tie face, an upwardly extending diagonal connection 22 and a downwardly extending strip or stretch 23 which lies next to the transverse face span 2! and between the face span and the rest of the knot. The strip or stretch 23 continues down to show as the front 24 of the necktie.

As a result of the path of the wider end of the necktie during tying, the outer part of the necktie knot for present purposes comprises the transverse span 2|, and the immediately adjacent downwardly and outwardly extending strip or stretch 23 at the upper part of the Wider end of the necktie. This is best seen in Figure 1.

The tab I8 is inserted from above, being pressed downwardly and outwardly within the knot. Its outer face follows the inside face of the span 2| and its inner face bears against the outside of stretch or strip 23. The tab is held tightly between span 2| and the stretch 23 and is thus able firmly to support the bars I5, l6 and the loop l1.

At an intermediate point in the back of the knot the projection I9 is pressed sharply into the back of the necktie so as outwardly to divert the surface of the fabric at the back of the knot and to provide an abrupt frictional engagement between the lug or projection at the base of the loop and the fabric at the back of the knot. In addition to helping to hold my device this engagement avoids slipping of the knot.

The shape of the loop l1, and the downwardly and inwardly extending bend of the loop define the slope of the tab l8 with respect to the collar and hence with respect to the slope of the knot as compared with the position of the body of the wearer.

The tab parallels the position of the front of the knot.

engages the upper edge of the knot, the tab meantime having been placed in position between the outer (transverse) and the next to the outer (longitudinal) stretches of the fabric.

In the meantime the thrust of the inner projection l9 against the inside of the knot pre vents accidental upward or outward movementof the entire device which might otherwise take place.

The tab H3 in Figure and the-corresponding 1 form of the wire tab I8 in Figure 8 aperturedat I 8 and I8 respectively, both allow the outer transverse span of the tie and the downwardly .exten-ding stretch immediately back of the span to crowd through the opening thus formed with corresponding added effect in retaining the tab within the tie.

In Figure 8, the bar portions l5 and it are formed of a single piece of wire to which is attmhed the wire loop I? carrying the tab at its end. The projection it in Figure 8 is formed in any suitable way.

In Figure 9 the ultimate shape is substantially that of Figure 8 but the entire structure is made from a single length of wire, formed as a tab [8' at the middle and ending in bar sections [5 I5 In view of my invention andrdisclosure variations and modifications to meet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident to others skilled in the art, to obtain all or part ofthe=benefits of my invention without copying the structure shown, and I, therefore, claim all such in so far as the fall within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In' a necktie attachment for use with the knot ofa fcur-in-hand tie, a tie bar extending across beneath the knot from the front of one downwardly directed'collar end to thevopposite downwardly directed collar end and means downwardly directed in front of the bar and Spaced. from it to give room for the body of the knot between them,- and held in place in part by the front transverse span of the tie, connected with the bar for maintaining the bar in position.

2. In a necktie attachment for use with the knot of a four-in-hand tie, a tie bar extending across from the outside of one collar point to the outside of the other collar point beneath the necktie knot, a tab extending downwardly in front of the bar and spaced from it, in contact with the inside of the front transverse span of the knot and a connection between the bar and the tab.

3. A necktie attachment for use with the knot of a four-in-hand tie, comprising a bar adapted to cross from the outside of one collar flap to the outside of the other beneath the tie knot, a loop connected with the bar and extending upwardly and forwardly across the upper end of the knot except for the outer transverse span of the knot and a tab connected with the bar by the loop and extending downwardly between the front transverse span of the knot and the rest of the knot and spaced in front of the bar.

4. A tie bar, a downwardly projecting tab spaced in front and mainly above the bar, aloop extending rearwardly from the upper part of the tab and downwardly into connection with the bar and a forward projection from the lower front of the loop extending farther forward than the adjacent part of the loop.

5. In a necktie attachment for use with the '7 knot of a Vfour-in-hand tie, a bar extending across from one downwardly directed collar end to the other beneath the tie knot, a forwardly extending projection connected with the bar and adapted to impinge within the rear of the knot to give friction against relative movement between the bar and the knot in the planesof the bar parallel to the bar horizontally or vertically,

'a tab connected with the bar and projection, in

outside of the other beneath the tie knot, a loop connected With the bartand extending upwardly and forwardly across the upper end of the knot except for the outer transverse span of the knot and an open center tab member connected with the bar by the loop and extending downwardly between the front transverse span of the knot l and the rest of the knot and spaced in front of the bar.

THEODORE W. DEUSCH. 

